{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-38-16-302","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 38-16-302","heading":"No duty to accept filing of purported common law lien; no duty to reject filing of purported common law lien.","body":"A clerk of a county commission or other person has no duty to accept for filing or recording any purported claim of a common law lien, because a common law lien is neither authorized by statute nor imposed by a court of competent jurisdiction. A clerk of a county commission or other person has no duty to reject for filing or recording any claim of a common law lien, and the inadvertent or negligent recordation of a claim of a common law lien by a clerk of a county commission or other recorder does not create a cause of action against that official.","path":["CHAPTER 38. LIENS.","ARTICLE 16. FRAUDULENT COMMON LAW LIENS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/38-16-302/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:29:20Z","sha256":"301453885d192ffbca5392ffd6f37d66bf8d91e888fc67a80e02dbaeda5164bb","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-38-16-301","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-38-16-303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}